Biography
Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter. He was one of several Canadian-born expatriate filmmakers, including Norman Jewison and Sidney J. Furie, to find critical and commercial success overseas in the 1960s due to the limited opportunities in the Canadian film industry at the time. He was the patriarch of the Petrie filmmaking family, with four of his children working in the film industry.
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 1977
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special · 1976
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
Filmography24 titles
Walter and Henry
The Story of Lassie
Wuthering Heights
The Dollmaker
A Raisin in the Sun
Mark Twain and Me
The Waltons
A Town Torn Apart
McMillan & Wife
Ironside
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Cocoon: The Return
Into the Night
Resurrection
Inherit the Wind
Calm at Sunset
Lassie
Lifeguard
Rocket Gibraltar
The Gun and the Pulpit
Stolen Hours
The Betsy
Moon of the Wolf
Eleanor and Franklin